 4.21.08 Spring and Summer Exhibition Schedule and More Benham Gallery, Seattle, WA I'm very excited to be participating in a two person show, Spatial Relations at the Benham Gallery. I will be joined by noteworthy architectural photographer, Stephen L. Rosen. Please join me in Seattle at the artist reception on May 1.
Harvard Magazine Article Here is a nice write-up that is in the current issue of Harvard Magazine. It also contains a link explaining the scientific work of our research group at Harvard. Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA Clark Gallery has been on the scene since 1976 and is nestled in the woods of Lincoln, MA, just minutes from the DeCordova Museum and the Gropius House. This group exhibition, Staged, features Cynthia Greig, Nancy Hill, Kathleen Volp and myself.
9.30.07 Fall Exhibition Schedule There is much going on, as of late! I've been getting ready for four simultanious exhibitions, which will be happening in the next several weeks: Peer Gallery, New York, NY International Discoveries, FotoFest Headquarters, Houston, TX
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
MIT has a very long history of displaying works of art in its science buildings. It is, in fact, a requirement in their charter, to spend 1% of their building construction costs on art. There is a distinctly different attitude at Harvard, where I work. A noteable exception, however, is the very fine photographic work of SETI researcher, Professor Paul Horowitz - they located outside of his office in Lyman Hall. Have a look below at MIT's newly constructed Building 6. It is where you will find my work, and important work from the List Gallery collection. The beautiful floor was designed by the recently passed, Sol LeWitt. I think it may have been his very last project. LeWitt, is of course, one of the most influential minimialst and conceptual artist of our time. MIT seems to be acknowledging that the scientist has much to gain from the untethered mind of the artist. I think that all good scientists are artists and all good artists are scientists - but they rarely talk to each other. Hats off to MIT for fostering a dialog between the artist and the scientist.
PhotoEye Gallery, Santa Fe, NM PhotoEye Gallery is a hidden jem of Santa Fe and one of the most vibrant photography enterprises in the country. It was established in 1995 by Rixon Reed and has shown the work of established masters such as John Cohen and Jock Sturges. It is also known to feature the work of contemporary stars such as Kate Breakey, Hiroshi Watanabi, and Jo Whaley. My work will be up during Mark Klett's 'Saguaros' solo exhibition. 6.09.07 New Work!
5.13.07 Wright State University Exhibition Last month, I had the pleasure to travel to Dayton, OH - the home of Wright State University. Photography professor Ron Geibert has produced a remarkable DVD: Photography Now, 100 Portfolios - it is an international survey of contemporary photography and has audio commentary and contains 1,200 images. I am honored to be on the DVD, and to have taken part in the exhibition. I was also one of three artists to have work purchased for their permanent collection. After the artist reception, I took part in a question and answer session with photography students alongside digital artist, Maggie Taylor. Maggie had her wonderful images up in the adjacent gallery - it was not the first time that I had shown with her; my very first solo exhibition at the Griffin Museum of Photography in Winchester, MA, featured the same series. It was also great to meet photography professor Ben Montague. Ben's series Images of Conflict, are images taken from television news footage of the war in Iraq and of video games. He then prints the images using a alternative photographic process, the dry plate tin type. With this work, Ben makes a compelling statement about the war, and about our media driven perceptions. His use of the historic process, seems to suggest that was as being an ever present part of our nature.
Photolucida 07
Photolucida is my favorite of the photo festivals, because of it's manageable size and that it is run by a friendly and committed group of people. Memorable highlights include the Louie Palu lecture, The Portland Grid Project exhibition and a solo exhibition by Chris Rauschenberg. 12.30.06 BLUE SKY GALLERY EXHIBITION The exhibition at Blue Sky Gallery in Portland, Oregon was a huge success! There was a great response at the opening, and a full house at my lecture the following evening. There was ample press coverage, and the Portland Art Museum purchased a print for their permanent collection. It was was my privilege to have my photographs featured alongside the work of Preston Wadley. How fortunate we both were that the exhibition committee saw the wisdom of pairing us, and how lucky I am to have met such a cool and interesting artist. I also would like to thank everyone at the gallery for their kindness, enthusiasm, and for all the hard work done to make the exhibit happen. 11.05.06 PRC|POV EXHIBITION It was a great honor to be chosen for Boston's Photographic Resource Center's PRC|POV - Photography Now and The next 30 years. I was nominated by Polaroid Collection's Barbara Hitchcock. Barbara has been a big supporter over the years - not only has she attended most of my local exhibitions, but my inclusion into Polaroid's prestigious Artist Support Program has put me in very good company and given me the opportunity experiment freely with Type 55 film. The exhibit is best summarized by PRC curator Leslie Brown:
You can visit a permanent on-line version of the exhibit here: www.bu.edu/prc/prcpov/index.html
09.18.06 THYLIAS MOSS COLLABORATION I have always seen my work as the have a strong relationship to the written word - especially poetry. So when I was invited to collaborate with Thylias Moss, author of 10 books of poetry, recipient of a MacArthur genius grant, a Guggenheim Fellowship Grant and named as a canonical poet by esteemed critic Harold Bloom, I was intrigued to say the least. As I have slowly gotten to know her very dense and wonderful work. I am excited that she has expressed interest in our coauthoring a book - my images, her poetry. It was truly a pleasure to get to know Thylias personally. One of the things that I admire greatly, is her fearlessness. To give you some insight: As a full tenured professor of poetry at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, she moved her office out of the beautiful vine covered building that houses the English department, across town to the North Campus near the college of engineering. She wanted to have access, and for her students to have access, to the computational labs, including the state of the art audio and video tools NOT available in the English department. While she has made an obvious mark on the two-dimensional page, it is also too small a volume to contain the force of her intellect. We are all lucky to have her. On Thursday September 14th, Works of Pleasurable Complexity was performed in a state of the art video studio on University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor. From the press release:
An interesting and component to the performance (and the exhibition) was an experimental video that Thylias produced, Pleasurable Complexity. It was a explorative, visual, sonic and poetic response to my still lifes. I would be lying if I told you I was not deeply moved to see this presented on a large screen in front of a packed house.
An on-line presentation of the video (albeit a very small one), can be found at http://playgallery.org/videos/155/.
About Me: Upcoming and Current: Gallery Representation: Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA Collections: Selected Press: Awards: Somerville Arts Council Grant Website: Contact: chervinsky@seas.harvard.edu |
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